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Sublimation is a unique process of using heat to transfer high-quality, full-color, vibrant, scratch resistant and long lasting prints onto different types of substrates such as ceramic, aluminum, polyester textile, fabric, MDF, fiberboard, wood flooring, fiberglass, table tops. We can print up to 10 feet wide for polyester textile and soft knit fabric materials and 40” x 60” for all other materials. Fabric printing is a big portion of dye sublimation. We print all of our fabrics in Dallas Texas. The type of fabrics for printing we carry are:
• Fabric printing on poly knit fabric
• Fabric printing on block out fabric
• Fabric printing on backlit fabric
• Fabric printing on soft knit fabric
• Fabric printing on heavy knit fabric
• Fabric printing on stretchy fabric
Dye sublimation fabric printing is the latest way of printing banners. Great for folding and shipping.
As previously mentioned, dye sublimating on metals gives really bright and vibrant colors.Very popular items in the dye sublimation fabric are canopy pop up tents 10′ x 10′ – eazy tents. Tear drop flags, feather flags, tension backdrop stands, pillow case backdrop stands, step and repeat walls, table covers, table throws, fitted table covers, fabric retractable banner stands.
Dye sublimation is a digital printing technology that uses heat transfer to apply an image to the intended substrate. Also referred to as digital sublimation, the process is commonly used for decorating apparel, signs and banners as well as other items with sublimation-friendly surfaces. We do all these in house.
Dye-sub printing is a digital printing technology using full-colour artwork that works with polyester and polymer-coated substrates. Also referred to as digital sublimation, the process is commonly used for decorating apparel, signs and banners, as well as novelty items such as cell phone covers, plaques, coffee mugs, and other items with sublimation-friendly surfaces. The process uses the science of sublimation, in which heat and pressure are applied to a solid, turning it into a gas through an endothermic reaction without passing through the liquid phase.
In sublimation printing, unique sublimation dyes are transferred to sheets of “transfer” paper via liquid gel ink through a piezoelectric print head. The ink is deposited on these high-release inkjet papers, which are used for the next step of the sublimation printing process. After the digital design is printed onto sublimation transfer sheets, it is placed on a heat press along with the substrate to be sublimated.
In order to transfer the image from the paper to the substrate, it requires a heat press machine process that is a combination of time, temperature and pressure – each at varying degrees, depending on the substrate. This application will transfer the sublimation dyes at the molecular level into the substrate. The most common dyes used for sublimation activate at 350 degrees Fahrenheit / 175 degrees Celsius. However, a range of 380 to 420 degrees Fahrenheit / 195 to 215 degrees Celsius is normally recommended for optimal color.
The end result of the sublimation process is a nearly permanent, high resolution, full-colour print. Because the dyes are infused into the substrate at the molecular level, rather than applied at a topical level (such as with screen printing and direct to garment printing), the prints will not crack, fade or peel from the substrate under normal conditions.